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[…] The post A Child’s Guide To Restrictions On Forex Forward Market appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Acute Macro Imbalances: Ignore It At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Acute Macro Imbalances: Ignore It At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Acute Macro Imbalances: Ignore It At Your Own Peril (Category: Breaking News)
CNHI Statehouse Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s teachers are paid too little for the work they do but raising their salaries to be competitive will cost an estimated $600 million, according to the state’s highly anticipated Teacher Compensation Report. “There’s a sizable gap between what Indiana teachers are currently … Read More
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Commission Recommends $60K Average Salary For Indiana Teachers (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Group Suggests Boosting School Revenue Through Different Sources (Category: USA, Indiana)
[…] The post A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- Child’s Guide To Ranilnomics: Actual Tax Payment Is Not What One Pays Today (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Child’s Guide To Foreign Borrowings: Are They An Evil Or Not? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Has The Economy Been Assassinated & If So, Who Were The Assassins? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Fiscal Literacy: Low Literacy At All Levels Is The Curse (Category: Breaking News)
By Indika Sri Aravinda There is a serious shortage of blood at the National Blood Bank because of the curfew in the Western Province, officials said today. Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service Dr. Lakshman Edirisinghe told the Colombo Gazette that the curfew in Colombo has prevented
- Brisbane's dining dynasties (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- A Blood transfusion Force to be set up (Category: Breaking News)
- Blood spat into cop's face (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Dogs donate blood to help their fellow canines (Category: USA, Washington)
The unprecedented drought over the past few months due to the long delay of the south-west monsoon affected the entire country, resulting in withered paddy-fields to farmers; chicken farmers forced to slaughter animals due to water scarcity, soaring vegetable prices for housewives, and power cuts for everyone. The effects of the drought, the victims and ...
- The drought, Mahaveli waters and the farmer (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- CEB: Making losses or deliberate blunders? (Category: Business)
- Reservoirs run dry with no rains, country heading for electricity crisis (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has gazetted a Bill, on 27 July 2012, to set up a Divi Neguma Department, which will take over the existing Samurdhi Authority, the Southern Development Authority and the Udarata Development Authority (successor to the Kandyan Peasantry Commission). The Bill will also set up a Divi Neguma Community Based Organisation, Divi Neguma Community ...
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- New department to drive ‘Divi Neguma’ (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
By Reshma Kapadia Emerging Markets Daily: With so much angst over India, some investors are looking for other ways to play the subcontinent and setting their sights on Sri Lanka. The country, a major shipping hub attracting a good deal of investment from China, is rebuilding after a three-decade civil war that left parts of ...
- Sri Lanka's time to bloom has come (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia expresses support to Sri Lanka in all its efforts (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Sri Lanka beginning to shine as glamour centre' (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s per capita income to rise to US $6000 – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
Approves $ 15 m loan to DFCC Vardhana Bank for relending for home purchase or rehabilitation in post-conflict and tsunami-hit areas Sri Lankans living in post-conflict and tsunami-hit areas will soon have better access to badly-needed housing loans, after the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $ 15 million (nearly Rs. 2 billion) loan to ...
- $90M project to address water, sanitation issues in conflict-affected areas (Category: Breaking News)
- North on rapid overhaul track (Category: Breaking News)
- State Banks Taboo (Category: Breaking News)
- Rate Ceiling (Category: Business)
THE cost of living is a daily state of being, rather than a condensed number for the masses. However, the latest August data depicts dangerous signs for the Government as it heads towards elections. On Tuesday President Mahinda Rajapaksa was seen visiting the drought-hit regions ahead of his campaign trail in the three provinces that ...
- Inflation seen at 42-month high in July (Category: Business)
- Rupee fall drives inflation to 41-month high (Category: Business)
- CB says policy rates appropriate (Category: Business)
- India’s inflation hits three-year low, cenbank seen unmoved (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) together with the Bucks University featured the 2012 award winners from Singapore of global business associations and chief marketing officers under the theme ‘Is The Party Over?’ at Galadari Hotel, where a select audience of 200 business and marketers attended the event. Some of the key points discussed ...
- Honoured for driving marketing in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New tea industry model: By default? (Category: Business)
- Focus on the magic than logic (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
By Uditha Jayasinghe An estimated 20,000 microfinance institutions in the country will be regulated under new legislation approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. On a proposal made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is also the Finance Minister, all microfinance institutions will be brought under the direct supervision of the of the Central Bank, Cabinet spokesman ...
- SANASA Development Bank wins prestigious Bronze award (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- MI’s to be regulated (Category: Breaking News)
- HNB opens 231st customer centre in Aralaganwila (Category: Business)
Reuters: The Central Bank believes the rupee can strengthen to around 125 per US Dollar due to high foreign inflows into the economy, the Head of the country’s monetary authority said of Monday. Since April, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry have repeatedly said the rupee should stabilise at around 125 per dollar, given the ...
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- CB says rupee outlook unchanged from 125 (Category: Business)
- Pressure on rupee to ease on inflows: CB (Category: Business)
- Rupee’s value: Out goes 125; welcome 132 (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera A year to date, since the last annual general meeting of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, there have been some turbulent changes in the tea, rubber and coconut industries due to the crisis in the Middle-East and EU. The 158th AGM of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon took place on 17 August ...
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- Forbes and Walker recaps tea industry’s 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
LONDON (Reuters): Oil rose above $114 per barrel on Monday to the highest in more than three months as concern about supplies and hopes that governments will roll out more stimulus measures trumped signs of weakening fuel demand. Supply of the North Sea crudes underpinning the Brent crude contract is set to hit a record ...
- Oil up to $119, supply concerns support (Category: Business)
- Saudi says high oil prices a worry, will take steps (Category: Business)
- Oil falls, awaits US jobs data, storm (Category: Business)
- Oil sinks below $ 100 to 16-month low on economy, demand worries (Category: Business)
Management research is a part of the wider array of research. Whilst positive initiatives are being taken, current situation with respect to research in Sri Lanka is far from a satisfactory level. Today’s column will focus on management research in identifying seven myths associated. At a time where there is a growing awareness on management, ...
- Research on human resources: Reflections and reinforcements (Category: Business)
- Debunking myths of developing people (Category: Business)
- Ten Commandments for employee care (Category: Business)
- How to develop an effective marketing plan (Category: Business)
Reuters: Brent crude fell below $113 a barrel on Friday as a sharp slowdown in China’s trade flows heightened worries about demand for fuel, putting to one side hopes of stimulus measures aimed at lifting global growth that could boost oil use. China’s July exports rose just 1 per cent from a year earlier, undershooting ...
- Brent oil set to end yr up 14%, record high average (Category: Business)
- Brent slips to $102 on worries about euro zone economy (Category: Business)
- Oil creeps toward top of Asia’s economic worry list (Category: Business)
- Brent slips below $123 (Category: Business)
The country has entered into an era that was not witnessed for past 25 years. Growth rates of the economy cannot even be compared during this period as the ground situation in micro terms have changed drastically that was never before during a quarter of a century. The volatility and events of macro factors make ...
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Economic Outlook: A tough year ahead but measures in right direction (Category: Business)
- OPIC funding to provide opportunities for growth (Category: Business)
- 2012 Budget in focus (Category: Business)
There is a perception among some of our employers that there is a lack of skilled talent to fill positions at management levels. Often CEOs at public forums say they have difficulty filling positions in their companies. Some of the complaints about skill shortages simply could be that employers can’t get top candidates to join ...
- Short-term fix for filling short-term skill gaps (Category: Business)
- Internships: Free-for-all (Category: Business)
Central Bank Governor says rupee’s trends will depend on flows Bank will intervene if needed to curb volatility Bank sees 125/dollar as equilibrium level, but not a target July annual inflation to ease from 41-month high Reuters: Sri Lanka will maintain a flexible exchange rate, allowing flows to determine trends, though the Central Bank will ...
- Rupee premiums under pressure after IMF statement (Category: Business)
- Colombo bourse slide on credit; rupee flat (Category: Business)
- Devaluation divide (Category: Business)
- IMF’s take on Sri Lanka’s good, bad and the ugly (Category: Business)
KfW should try not to grow too fast New investor types needed for infrastructure Bank business to shrink under regulation, capital requirements FRANKFURT, (Reuters): German state bank KfW predicts a credit crunch due to a shortage of long-term project financing partly due to a retreat
- Ship lending to slide in 2012 as downturn bites (Category: Business)
- DEG provides $ 21 m loan to NDB Bank to strengthen SME sector (Category: Business)
- Rs. 3 b German boost for SMEs (Category: Business)
By Shamil Samsul Mueen 1. Introduction The global financial crisis has raised imperative issues concerning the stability and reliability of existing financial systems. This has driven an extensive global re-examination on the competence of the existing financial architecture and the search for a more enduring solution. As a result an increasing interest in Islamic finance ...
- HNB launches Al-Najah Islamic banking unit (Category: Business)
- Islamic finance: Challenges and opportunities (Category: Business)
- Islamic banking and finance advisory services to assist financial institutions (Category: Business)
Government will grant compensation on behalf of cultivated land that was destroyed due to the drought. Also 117,000 people who faced a water shortage due to the drought are being provided drinking water. Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that measures are in place to provide compensation on behalf
- Drought-hit Sri Lankan farmers complain of not receiving promised relief yet (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Water shortages hit ocean islands (Category: Technology)
- Drought hits reservoir capacities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- VIDEO: Fish rescued as drought takes toll (Category: Technology)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Young political guns speak up for economy (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics Conference kicks off By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s potential as a major maritime and shipping hub in the South Asian region was showcased yesterday at the launch of the two-day Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics Conference and Exhibition held at the Hilton, Colombo. While times are challenging for ...
- Sri Lanka needs more base cargo to face future competition (Category: Business)
- South Asian ports need synchronised development (Category: Business)
or are on the verge of being ruined. Some villages complain of the shortage ...
- Drought and lessons learned (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- Mahaweli Project – North Central Province canal: A tunnel in the wilderness? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lack of irrigation water for paddy cultivation: A way out (Category: Breaking News)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant officials to call tenders for the construction of Northern Expressway before the end of this year. At the progress review meeting of Kandy District Development Committee held in the President’s House in Kandy, the President has informed that plans have already been drawn for the first phase of ...
- Sri Lanka to begin construction of northern expressway this year (Category: Breaking News)
- President stops musical shows (Category: Breaking News)
- President instructs officials to launch construction of Northern Expressway (Category: Breaking News)
- President cancels musical shows, directs money for flood affected (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
The President has instructed officials to launch the construction of the northern expressway without delay by concluding the tender procedures before the end of this year. President Mahinda Rajapaksa issued these instructions at a progress review meeting on Kandy district held at the President’s House in Kandy. The President called on the officials not to ...
- Sri Lanka to begin construction of northern expressway this year (Category: Breaking News)
- progress check on Colombo-Kandy expressway (Category: Business)
- PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS OFFICIALS TO EXPEDITE WORK ON COLOMBO-KANDY EXPRESSWAY (Category: Breaking News)
- Major facelift for Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO, 6 June 2012 (IRIN) – Three years after conflict ended in northern Sri Lanka, many thousands of civilians remain separated from their ID cards and other official documents lost in the heat of battle and are consequently unable to access a range of essential government services. RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE From 2008 until the war was ...
- Bane of lost IDs after wartime (Category: Business)
- SRI LANKA: Bane of lost IDs after wartime (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA: Former Tiger fighters battle for a normal life (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapakse government continues its witch hunt against media and dissenting voices (Category: Breaking News)
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